National Sports

CINCINNATI (AP) — Ally Ewing shot into the lead with a fast start and stayed there on a soggy course Saturday for a 5-under 67 to build a one-shot lead over Maria Fassi in the Kroger Queen City Championship.

OTTAWA — It wasn’t perfect by any means, but the Toronto Argonauts did enough to hold off the Ottawa Redblacks and earn a 24-19 win Saturday afternoon.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Canada lost a narrow 10-7 decision to the U.S. in women's quarterfinal play Saturday at the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The fourth-seeded Americans, who opened with a 39-7 win over No.

PUERTO DE NAVACERRADA, Spain — (AP) — Remco Evenepoel all but clinched his first Grand Tour title on Saturday after the 22-year-old Belgian protected his lead in the Spanish Vuelta on the three-week race’s final competitive stage.

Friday's Games (All Times Eastern) CFL Montreal 31 British Columbia 10 --- Major League Baseball American League Baltimore 3 Boston 2 Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Yankees 2 Toronto 4 Texas 3 Cleveland 7 Minnesota 6 Detroit 10 Kansas City 2 Houston 4 L.A.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Dylan Kinnear scored a game-high five goals, while Dane Dobbie and Curtis Dickson added four apiece as the Langley Thunder defeated the Peterborough Lakers 16-11 in Game 1 of the Mann Cup on Friday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bo Bichette went deep again for the playoff-contending Toronto Blue Jays, who then beat Texas with some small ball late.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes can thank their defence for heading into a bye week with the high of a win. Impressive play on that side of the ball lifted the Alouettes to a 31-10 win over the B.C. Lions on Friday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz and Frances Tiafoe engaged in a high-level, high-energy spectacle of a back-and-forth semifinal at the U.S. Open — no point over when it seemed to be, no ball out of reach, no angle too audacious.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bo Bichette homered for the fifth time in the last four games, Danny Jansen hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning and the playoff-contending Toronto Blue Jays beat Texas 4-3 on Friday night, when top Rangers prospec